John bundle hawkey



(No Model.)

J. R. HAWKEY.

ROAD SULKY. No. 373,738, Patented Nov. 22, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT JOHN BUNDLE HAWKEY, OF PARK HILL, ONTARIO, CANADA.

ROAD-SULKY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,738, dated November 22, 1887.

Application lilcrl September :29, 1886. Serial No. 214,886. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LJonN BUNDLE HAWKEY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing'at Park Hill, in the county of Middlesex and Province oi'Ontario, Dominion ofGanada,

haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Seat-Springs for Road-Sulkies; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Myinvention relates to a new arrangement for supporting the seats of road-sulkies; and it consists of a pair of springs, the upper ends of which carry the seat, while the lower ends are attached to the crossbars of the shafts, the object being to prevent all jarsin crossing obstruct-ions, &c. r

In the annexed drawings of my invention, Figure 1 is a plan view on top. Fig. 2- is a side view of one of the springs. Fig. 3 shows the upper face of same.

A is the seat.

B B are the springs, constructed as shown in Fig. 2. The upper ends, a, of these springs are bolted or screwed to the lower side of the seat, and the lower ends are attached by clips to the cross-bars C C of the shafts D D.

The seat is immediately over the axle E, (usually about sixteen inches above it,) so that the weight of the driver is reduced as far as possible by the central position of seat, while the attachment of lower ends of springs to the cross-bar 0 causes the said springs to rise and fall with the motion of the shafts, so as to prevent all jars in traveling over uneven ground and in crossing obstructions. Their construction is shown in Fig. 2, where it will be seen that they each consist of four layers of steel reduced at the ends and overlapping, so as to supply the greatest resistance in the center and to allow of the greatest play at the ends supporting the seat.

The cross-bars O C are oppositely curved independent of each other, and at theirends are secured to the shafts, as shown, the ends of the bar 0' being connected also to the ends of the springs B. This is important. By this construction the clip that secures the end of the spring B to the shaft serves also to secure the crossbar G.

I claim as my invention The combination, with the shafts and seat, of the cross-bars O C, oppositely curved independent of each other and secured at their ends to said shafts, and the springs B, secured at one end to the seat and at their other ends connected to the shafts and bar 0', and intermediate their ends secured to the bar C by clips, substantially as described, and. for the purpose specified.

J OHh BUNDLE HAWKEY.

Viitnesses:

J OHN DARRAOH, GEO. M. WINN. 

